Category: Germany

Publisher:
New York, Oxford University (for the Litman Library of Jewish Civilization: 1985

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 06165

ISBN: 0197100333

Condition: Near Fine

255 pages, with Index. The history and achievement of Jews in Germany in the two centuries preceding the Nazi Era, when their contributions to German intellectual, scientific, and cultural life came to an abrupt halt. Intended more for the general reader, with highlights of the main stages of progress. Jacket illustrations, none in the text. View more info

Blue cloth with gilt lettering/stamping. Very light wear, slightly bumped at the corners. Front free endpaper creased, a previous owner's name "whited out." Otherwise unmarked and clean. 738 pages, illustrated with numerous photos. Fold-out map (rear) of Germany in the boundaries of 1937. An account of the development of the German Federal Republic in the decade following the end of World War II. A cross-sectional look at the German economy, its businesses, and p... View more info

268 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated. From the publisher: "This sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel, the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siècle Germany, questions what it took "to be a man." From initial provocation to final death agony, the book invites the reader into the complex mindset and protocol of the duel." View more info